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Archive for June, 2009

 

Popular Chilean Films

Here are several noteworthy and popular Chilean films recommended to me. I list them in no particular order: Machuca Released in 2004, this film shows Chile in 1973 (year of Pinochet’s coup) through the eyes of a young boy. You can watch Machuca on Google Video: Read more about Machuca on IMDb.com. Read the New [...]

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Posted June 24, 2009 in Culture | Add Your Comment »

Points of Interest in Viña del Mar

Jocycln sent me some pictures she took in Viña del Mar of some of its popular destinations. Cerro Castillo She tells me that “the castle with the flag is where the President stays whenever she visits the 5th region.” The Cerro Castillo is a hill located on the south side of the mouth of the [...]

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Posted June 17, 2009 in Destinations, Pictures, Travel | 1 Comment »

Longest Country in the World: Chile

Chile’s length as a country depends on who you ask. Chile stretches from near Visviri (it’s northernmost populated area) and the Tripartite border with Bolivia and Peru, south to Águila Islet of the Diego Ramirez Islands in the cold waters of the Drake Passage. If you consider that Chile claims a piece of Antarctica, then [...]

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Posted June 10, 2009 in Culture, History | Add Your Comment »

Legend of Chile’s Origin

One of Chile’s legends is how the country was created by the hand of God: In the beginning of time, God created the wonders of the world. When he was finished, he saw that he had many leftover pieces. He had parts of rivers and valleys, of oceans and lakes, of glaciers and deserts, of [...]

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Posted June 3, 2009 in Culture, History | 1 Comment »

 

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